Biographies

Shri. Naveen Jindal has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board of Jindal Steel And Power Ltd. He resigned as Managing Director of the Company, effective October 1, 2012. He has done his M.B.A in 1992 from University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A. and B.com (Hons) from Hans Raj College, Delhi University. He was the Joint Managing Director of Jindal Strips Limited for three and a half years and the Managing Director of Jindal Overseas (ME) FZE, Dubai for a period of nine months. He is the Managing director of the Company for the past nine years and possesses knowledge and experience in managing the affairs of the business and industry. In his capacity as Managing Director, he is managing all the affairs of the Company and international business activities. During the period of nine years and under his leadership, the Company has completed various expansion plans , completed new projects and achieved higher levels of growth. He is the Director of Jindal Stainless Limited, Jindal Power Limited, Salasar Finvest Ltd, Jindal Synergy Investment Ltd. and Nalwa Farms Private Limited. In his maiden attempt, he won Lok Sabha seat from Kurukshetra Constituency in the State of Haryana on 13.05.04 with a high margin and is one of the young members of Parliament.

Shri. Ravi K. Uppal has been appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Executive Director of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd., effective October 1, 2012. He is a Mechanical Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. He has also completed his Advanced Management Program from Wharton Business School, USA. He has more than 37 years of experience of working in engineering and infrastructural segments in India and abroad. He has successfully set up several new businesses and also turned around low performing units in the past. He has worked at various senior managerial positions in Larsen & Toubro Limited, ABB India and Volvo India. Immediately before joining the Company, he was Wholetime Director and President & CEO – Power at Larsen & Toubro Group. Before that, he was the President, Global Markets & Technology with ABB Group and member of Group Executive Committee of ABB Group, Zurich, Switzerland and Chairman of ABB, India and founding Managing Director & Country Manager of Volvo India. He is Director on the Board of Suzlon Energy Limited. He is also member of Health, Safety, CSR and Environment committee of the Company.

Shri. K. Rajagopal is Group Chief Financial Officer & Wholetime Director of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. He is Chartered Accountant by qualification, he has extensive background into the whole gamut of Finance across organisations. He brings with him more than 32 years of experience out of which about 21 years has been with ABB. He started his career with ABB as Business Unit Controller and rose up to the level of Whole Time Director with ABB Switzerland. Prior to this, he had been the Chief Financial Officer and Whole Time Director for ABB India. As the CFO of ABB, he was responsible for Finance/Accounts/ Secretarial/Legal/ IT/Real Estate/ Administration services. He is a strategist, a policy maker, and has strived to continuously improve the profitability through strategic and highly efficient business portfolio evaluation. He is Director on the Board of JSPL Mining and Steel Limited and Everbest Steel and Mining Holdings Limited, subsidiary companies. He is a member of Audit Committee, Governance and Business Ethics Committee and Stakeholder’s Relationship Committee of the Company.

Shri. V. R. Sharma is Deputy Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer - Steel Business of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. He is a Mechanical Engineer with MBA and has more than 29 years of experience globally in steel industry. He worked with Bhushan Steel Group, Ispat Industries, Lloyd Steel Group, Socialist Steel Ltd. (Government of Libya) and Arrasate Steel in Europe. Mr. Sharma is Chairman of India Lead Zinc Development Association, New Delhi and also a Co-Chairman of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) for Metal & Metallurgy Chapter. Mr.V.R.Sharma is shortlisted in the finalist for CEO of the Year Award 2013 by Platts Global Metals Awards. Mr.V.R.Sharma has worked in Steel lndustry throughout his career, it is a matter of great pride to the Nation that a person from Steel Industry has been short listed in the list of finalists for the Global Metals Award first time from INDIA.

Shri. Dinesh Kumar Saraogi serves as Executive Director - Angul, Wholetime Director of Jindal Steel And Power Ltd. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Government Engineering College, Jabalpur. He has working experience of 32 years in the field of steel and power and has been working with the Company since 1988 at various senior positions. He is at present heading the integrated steel project being set up at Angul, Odisha. Prior to this, he was the Executive President and Head, Shadeed Iron and Steel LLC, Oman, a subsidiary company. He was given the charge of Oman operations immediately after its acquisition in July, 2010. Under his able leadership, the plant started production ahead of schedule. He is on the Board of the Company since 9th November, 2012. He is also a member of Health, Safety, CSR and Environment committee of the Company.

Shri. Ratan Jindal is Non-Executive Director of Jindal Steel And Power Limited. He is Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Jindal Stainless Limited. He is a commerce graduate and has completed an Advanced Management Program from Wharton Business School, USA. He was appointed as Director of Jindal Strips Limited in 1979 and became its Managing Director in 1989. He became Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Jindal Stainless Limited in July, 2003. He has wide knowledge and experience of steel industry. He is on the Board of the International Stainless Steel Forum. He is a member of various national and international organisations, including the US-based Young President’s Organisation, the CII, FICCI, the Punjab, Haryana and Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, International Iron and Steel Institute, ISSDA and Nickel Development Institute. He is a member of the Board of Management of CCS Agriculture University, Haryana. He is also a Director on the Board of Shalimar Paints Limited, Nalwa Farms Private Limited, Sonabheel Tea Limited, Jindal Industries Limited, OPJ investment & Holdings Limited, Nalwa Fincap Limited, Nalwa Financial Services Limited, Jindal Stainless Mauritius Limited, Jindal Stainless Limited, Virtuous Tradecorp Private Limited, Jindal Stainless UK Limited, Jindal Stainless FZE Limited, Jindal Group Holdings Pte. Ltd, JSL Ventures Pte Ltd and JSL Europe SA.

Smt. Shallu Jindal is Non-Executive Director of Jindal Steel And Power Ltd. She is a multi talented and multi faceted personality with accomplishments in art & culture, charitable and social work and business enterprise. She is a Kuchipudi dancer and has given sterling and innovative performances in various parts of India and abroad which have received great acclaim. She has attended prestigious Institutions of learning, such as, Inch Bald School, London, London College of Fashion, Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai and St. Xavier College, Mumbai for acquainting herself with the best and latest in the field of interior designing, fashion designing and business management. She is President of Openspace Jindal Foundation for Development, Jindal Education & Welfare Society and Vice President of Flag Foundation of India. She is Wholetime Director of Nalwa Steel & Power Limited since October, 2008 and has been guiding the affairs of that Company since then.

Shri. Sudershan K. Garg is Non-Executive Independent Director of Jindal Steel And Power Limited., Since November 9, 2012. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He has 39 years of varied experience in the field of Oil & Power. He has worked with Indian Oil Corporation Limited for 29 years and has acquired rich experience in Finance, Marketing, Pipelines, Excise & Customs, Oil Pricing etc. He was Executive Director (Finance) in Indian Oil Corporation. He joined the Board of NHPC Limited as Director (Finance) in 2003. In October 2005, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC Limited and NHDC Limited (a subsidiary of NHPC Limited) and served at these posts for more than five years till his superannuation in December 2010. Under his able guidance, NHPC was conferred with ‘Mini Ratna Category – I’ status. As Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC he was involved in business process re-engineering and restructuring, expansion of business, IPO of shares etc. He was also on the Board of International Hydro Association (IHA). He was conferred with ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the Institute of Economic Studies in 2010, ‘CA Professional Manager’s Award’ in personal capacity by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2008, the ‘SRCC Alumni award’ by Sri Ram College of Commerce in 2009 and ‘CEPM – PMA Honorary Fellowship Award’ by the Centre for Excellence in Project Management (CEPM) and Project Management Associates apart from getting several other awards. He is partner in M/s Apra and Associates, Chartered Accountants Firm and is Director on the Board of Jindal Power Limited and Kamala Hydro Electric Power Company Limited. He is also Chairman of Governance and Business Ethics committee of the Company.

Shri. Haigreve Khaitan serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of Jindal Steel And Power Ltd. He holds a Law degree from Kolkata University. He Joined Khaitan & Co. in 1988 and is now a senior partner. He is a corporate and commercial lawyer and heads Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) division of Khaitan & Co. He spent considerable years of his initial practice in representing clients on litigation matters and thereafter he went on to represent many clients on project finance and real estate transactions. He presently focuses his practice on M&A, private equity, venture capital, corporate restructuring and advises various Indian and international clients on other strategic transactions. He is highly recommended by world’s leading law chambers / legal accreditation bodies as one of the leading lawyers in India and ranked him the “Band/Lawyer” for Corporate/M&A transactions. He is Director on the Board of Ambuja Cements Limited, Bajaj Corp. Limited, Ceat Limited, Firstsources Solutions Limited, Harrisons Malayalam Limited, INOX Leisure Limited, National Engineering Industries Limited, Sterlite Technologies Limited, Karam Chand Thapar & Bros(Coal Sales) Limited, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, Xpro India Limited, AVTEC Limited, Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited, Vinar Systems Private Limited and Bharat Fritz Werner Limited. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Company, Harrisons Malayalam Limited, Inox Leisure Limited, National Engineering Industries Limited, Sterlite Technologies Limited, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited and Avtec Limited. He is also a member of Shareholders Grievance Committee of National Engineering Industries Limited.

Shri. Arun Kumar is Non-Executive Independent Director of Jindal Steel And Power Ltd., Since september 16, 2009. He holds a masters degree in Physics from Delhi University and in Mathematics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and is an I.A.S. Officer (Retired) of 1965 batch. He was Chief Secretary to Government of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to January 2003. During his tenure of 38 years in the State / Central Government, he has held various important positions. He was the Chairman, Administrative Reforms Commission (Chhattisgarh); Vice Chairman, State Planning Board (Chhattisgarh); President, Board of Revenue (Madhya Pradesh); Textile Commissioner, Govt. of India at Mumbai; Principal Secretary to Govt. of M.P., Higher Education Department. He is Chairman of Health, Safety, CSR and Environment committee; Nomination and Remuneration committee and member of Audit committee and Stakeholders Relationship committee of the Company.

Shri. Arun Kumar Purwar is Non-Executive Independent Director of Jindal Steel And Power Limited . He holds a master’s degree in commerce from Allahabad University and a diploma in business administration. He was Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) up to May 2006. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of State Bank of Patiala and CEO of Tokyo Branch of SBI. He is an experienced banker and an expert in financial management. He had been awarded ‘The CEO of the year’ by the Institute for Technology & Management (2004), ‘Outstanding Achiever of the year’ Award by Indian Banks Association (2004) and “Finance Man of the year” Award by the Bombay Management Association in 2006. He is Chairman of India Venture Advisors Private Limited, Investment Manager to India Venture Trust – Fund I, the healthcare and life sciences focused private equity fund, Piramal Finance Private Limited and IL & FS Renewable Energy Limited. He is Director on the Board of Vardhman Textiles Limited, Reliance Communications Limited, Apollo Tyres Limited, Jindal Power Limited, C&C Construction Limited, Sri Kavery Medical Care (Trichy) Limited, PHL Capital Private Limited, IIFL Holding Ltd., Vardman Chemtech Limited, Energy Infratech Private Limited, ONGC-Tripura Power Company Limited, Mizuho Securities Private Limited, Dr. Ramesh Cardiac and Multispeciality Hospital Private Limited and Baroda Medicare Private Limited. He is the Chairman of Audit Committee of Reliance Communication Limited, ONGC-Tripura Power Company Limited and member of Audit Committee of Jindal Power Limited, Sri Kavery Medical Care (Trichy) Limited, PHL Finance Private Limited, PHL Capital Private Limited and member of Shareholders’ Grievance Committee of Reliance Communication Limited. He is also a member of Nomination and Remuneration committee of the Company.

Shri. Ram Vinay Shahi has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Jindal Steel And Power Ltd. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, a post graduate degree in industrial engineering from the National Productivity Council, Chennai, post graduate diploma in business management from Xavier Institute, Ranchi and a diploma in advanced industrial management from Delft, Holland. He is a fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Sciences. He is also a fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), a fellow of International Institute of Electrical Engineers and a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He has technical, administrative and managerial experience of approximately 45 years. He has served as the Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India (GoI), from April 2002 to January 2007, prior to which he was Chairman and Managing Director of BSES Limited from 1994 to 2002. He also worked in various capacities with Hindustan Steel Limited (now Steel Authority of India Limited) for over ten years and NTPC Limited for sixteen years and was Director (Operations) on the Board of NTPC. During his tenure as the Secretary to GoI, the Indian power sector witnessed major restructuring through the formulation and implementation of legislative and policy initiatives aimed at creating a competitive market structure. These included, among others, the Electricity Act (2003), National Electricity Policy (2005); Electricity Tariff Policy (2006); Accelerated Power Development Reform Programme (2002) and Ultra Mega Power Project Policy (2006). He is Chairman (Executive) of Energy Infratech Private Limited, an engineering and project development consulting Company; Chairman, Advisory Board on energy of Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (IDFC); Chairman, Advisory Board of Indian Energy Exchange; Chairman, Adani Power Advisory Board; Chairman, Kautilya Management Education Society,

Shri. Hardip Singh Wirk serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of Jindal Steel And Power Ltd. He holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Delhi University. He started his career in 1998 as a lawyer with Shri P. V. Kapur, Sr. Advocate and has handled various cases in Delhi High Court, Company Law Board, Consumer Forum and Supreme Court of India. Thereafter, he joined M/s Trilegal, a Corporate Law firm where he specialised in foreign investments, real estate and general corporate advice. In 2005, he started his independent practice specialising in foreign investment and real estate. He is also a Director on the Board of Jindal Power Limited. He is a member of Audit committee of Jindal Power Limited and member of Health, Safety, CSR and Environment committee, Stakeholder’s Relationship Committee, Nomination and Remuneration committee and Governance and Business Ethics Committee of the Company.